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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Centre providing food grains free of cost to AAY households and PHH beneficiaries under NFSA, 2013, for a period of one year, beginning from 1st Jan 2023
The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ms. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today informed that, the Phase VII of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana  was in operation upto 31.12.2022. The Central Government, to remove the financial burden of the poor beneficiaries and to ensure nationwide uniformity and effective implementation of NFSA, has decided to provide food grains free of cost to AAY households and PHH beneficiaries under NFSA, 2013, for a period of one year, beginning from 1st Jan 2023.
The Government has decided to distribute foodgrains to beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act, 2013 free of cost for a period of one year from 1st January, 2023.
The name of the new integrated scheme subsuming two current food subsidy schemes of the Department of Food and Public Distribution- a) Food Subsidy to FCI for NFSA, and b) Food Subsidy for decentralized procurement states, dealing with procurement, allocation and delivery of free foodgrains to the states under NFSA - has since been finalized as Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan AnnaYojana .
Under the PMGKAY , the entire expenditure towards food subsidy, intra-State movement & handling of foodgrains and fair price shop dealers’ margin were borne by the Central Government.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
UIDAI allows Aadhaar updation facility through CSCs
20,000 CSCs to offer this service to citizens
In a major relief to those living in rural areas, the Unique Identification Authority of India  has allowed the Common Service Centre, an SPV under the Ministry of IT and Electronics, to begin the Aadhaar updation facility at their 20,000 CSCs which operate as Banking Correspondents , said Union Minister for Communications, MEITY and Law and Justice Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad in a tweet.
Union Minister tweeted that around 20,000 CSCs will now be able to offer this service to citizens. He urged the CSC VLEs to start the Aadhaar work with responsibility and as per instructions issued by UIDAI in this regard. He further said that this facility will help a large no of rural citizens to get Aadhar services closer to their place of residence.
UIDAI has set June deadline for the commencement of the work after CSCs with banking facilities upgrade their required infrastructure and get other necessary approvals. However, CSC CEO Dr Dinesh Tyagi said he has asked all BCs to immediately finish technical and other upgradation which the UIDAI has asked for so that Aadhaar updation work can be started soon.
Thanking the Union Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad for getting Aadhaar updation work restarted through CSC, Dr Tyagi said it would further strengthen the efforts of achieving the goals of “Digital India” as envisaged by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
Commencement of Aadhaar update services through CSC also comes across as a big relief during the lockdown restrictions imposed to prevent spread of COVID19. With these 20,000 additional centers available to update Aadhaar, the users particularly in rural areas need not visit Aadhaar centres in bank branches or Post Offices for this work.
Prime Minister's Office
PM urges citizens to share their tributes to our freedom fighters on Digital Jyot
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has urged citizens to share their tributes to our freedom fighters on Digital Jyot and strengthen Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said;
"A special tribute to the heroes of our freedom struggle!
Digital Jyot uses technology and enables you to share a heartfelt message of gratitude to our freedom fighters."
"A sky beam light has been installed at Central Park in Delhi. Every tribute paid will intensify the illumination of the Digital Jyot. Do take part in this unique endeavour and strengthen Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav."
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Introducing / Revising Of Skill Development Courses
Ministry is implementing special programme, 'Customized Crash Course Programme for COVID Warriors ' with the aim to train about one lakh COVID warriors. The objectives of CCCP for CW are to meet the upsurge in demand of skilled healthcare workers, reduce the burden of healthcare professionals and provide timely healthcare services in the country. The training is being imparted in six customized healthcare-related job roles namely Basic Care Support, Home Care Support, Advanced Care Support, Sample Collection Support, Emergency Care Support and Medical Equipment Support.
National Skill Development Corporation  under the aegis of the Ministry has promoted online skilling through eSkill India portal during the pandemic induced lockdown. This e-learning aggregator portal offers online skill training on a variety of sectors and modules covering sectors namely; Information Technology, Electronics, Retail, Construction, Automotive, Plumbing, Healthcare, Media, Telecom etc. Over 1500 e-courses have been catalogued in eSkill India and most of these courses are free. The courses spread across sectors, languages and domains. The enrolment of candidates for various e-courses in eSkill India Portal is around 20 lakhs.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
VACANT POSTS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR
On the question on ‘Vacant Posts in Jammu and Kashmir’ in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai stated the following in a written reply today.
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir, has carried out several governance reforms, including in the area of recruitments in Government. Large scale recruitment drive has been carried out after formation of the Union territory in the most transparent manner.
- 33,426 vacancies of Gazetted/Non-Gazetted categories have been identified in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, out of which 25,450 vacancies have been filled till December, 2022. Recruiting agencies have advertised 7,976 vacancies for recruitment.
- The identification of vacancies in the Government and recruitment is a continuous and on-going process. The same is taken up under Accelerated Recruitment Drive.
- The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has taken various initiatives to bring down un-employment by implementing various self employment schemes through different departments by providing subsidized loans for establishment of their own sustainable income generation units.
- A number of self employment schemes like Mission Youth, Rural Livelihood Mission, Himayat, PMEGP, Avsar, Tejaswani are being implemented for providing employment opportunities.
- During the current financial year, 2,01,299 employments have been generated upto 21.01.2023 through such schemes.
From the results of Periodic Labor Force Survey  conducted by the National Sample Survey Office , estimates of unemployment rate is not available specifically for the educated youth in Jammu and Kashmir for the period April-June 2021.
However, from the PLFS conducted by the National Sample Survey Office  during July 2020-June 2021, estimate of unemployment rate according to usual status among the persons of age group 15-29 years for Jammu and Kashmir was 18.3 per cent.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccination
India vaccinates the highest number of persons on DAY1 of the nationwide COVID19 vaccination drive; more than many other countries
More than 2.24 lakh Persons Vaccinated against COVID19 till now
17,072 beneficiaries vaccinated in 6 States on DAY2
3 cases of Post-vaccination Hospitalization reported
India has vaccinated the highest number of persons on Day1 under its COVID19 vaccination program, the world’s largest such exercise. This is much higher than many other countries such as USA, the UK and France.
Total of 2,24,301 beneficiaries have been vaccinated till today as per the provisional report.
The second day of the massive countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program was also conducted successfully. A total of 553 sessions were held in six States . 17,072 beneficiaries were vaccinated on Day2, as per the provisional reports.
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S. No.
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State
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Sessions held
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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308
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2
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Arunachal Pradesh
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14
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3
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Karnataka
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64
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4
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Kerala
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1
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5
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Manipur
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1
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6
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Tamil Nadu
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165
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All India
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553
States/UTs have been advised to plan COVID19 vaccination sessions four days in a week to minimize disruption of the Routine Health Services. Some States have already publicized their weekly vaccination days.
Total of 447 AEFIs have been reported on 16th Jan & 17th Jan’21. Out of these, three required hospitalization. Of these, one has been discharged from Northern Railway Hospital Delhi within 24 hours; one has been discharged from AIIMS Delhi; and one is under observation in AIIMS Rishikesh and is being monitored.
Most of the AEFIs reported so far are minor like Fever, Headache, Nausea etc.
An Adverse Event Following Immunization  is any unexpected medical occurrence which follows immunization which may not be related to vaccine or vaccination process. Protocols are in place for reporting, immediate case management at vaccination session site, transportation and hospitalization and further care of such cases. Protocols are also in place for systematic investigation and causality assessment of serious AEFIs.
A meeting was held with all States/UTs today for review of progress, identification of bottle-necks and to plan corrective actions as the vaccination program moves ahead.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
180.13 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 38,069
Active cases stand at 0.09%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.71%
5,559 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,24,37,072
3,116 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
77.85 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 7,61,737 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Draft National Logistic Policy
The vision of the proposed policy is to drive economic growth and business competitiveness of the country through an integrated, seamless, efficient, reliable, green, sustainable and cost effective logistics network leveraging the best in technology, processes and skilled manpower.
While, there is no official estimation of logistics cost for India, some private institutions have estimated the logistics cost to be 13 to 14 percent of the GDP. The proposed policy aims to reduce this to 9 -10 percent of the GDP.
In order to simplify documentation for exports and imports through digitization, Department of Revenue, CBIC have taken several initiatives like  SWIFT   Adoption of Digital Signature  24x7 Customs Clearance – for ‘facilitated’ Bills of Entry and factory stuffed containers and goods exported under free Shipping Bills at select ports  Import Data Processing and Management System  – jointly launched with RBI to facilitate efficient data processing for payment of imports and effective monitoring  E-Sanchit  Two new IT Modules ICEDASH i.e  and ATITHI app for electronic filing by passengers for baggage  PCS 1X which is a platform for port related processes developed by Indian Ports Association.
This information was given by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
PIB Headquarters
Special Passport Mela on May 05
Regional Passport Office, Chennai will be holding ‘Special Passport Mela’ on 05th May 2018, Saturday at Post Office Passport Seva Kendra , Vellore, Cuddalore, Villupuram and Tiruvannamalai. The mela is being conducted to meet the public demand and to facilitate submission of applications for the frequent travelers due to extended time in getting appointments.
Post Office Passport Seva Kendra, at Vellore Cuddalore, Villupuram and Tiruvannamalai will function on 05th May 2018, Saturday like any other normal working day and accept applications as per time slots allotted to the applicants. Approximately 270 applicants are expected to be benefitted from this Mela.
To participate in this Passport Mela, all applicants have to log on to the official website ‘www.passportindia.gov.in’, register on-line, generate ‘ARN’ , and pay online fees and then fix an appointment. Applicants participating in the mela should bring the print-out of ARN with appointment derails, to the POPSK along with the requisite documents in originals, plus one set of self attested photocopies. Applications under fresh and Re-issue categories only will be accepted.
The appointments will be released online on 02nd May April 2018  at 1430 hrs for the mela to take place on 05th May 2018, Saturday. On the day of mela, applications will be accepted only as per the time slot allotted to them. Applications for PCCs, Walk-ins including On-Hold and Refused Tokens will not be entertained during the Mela.
Ministry of Defence
Exercise Gaganshakti-2018: Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Visits Air Force Station Chabua
Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman visited Air Force Station Chabua today, to witness and assess the ongoing IAF operations. She was accompanied by Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa. They visited Pasighat Advanced Landing Ground, where the operations by Su-30 MKI fighters, C-17 Globemaster aircraft and rocket loading on Mi-17 V5 helicopters were demonstrated. At Pasighat ALG, they also witnessed a mesmerizing assault drill by the IAF’s Garuds, who had landed earlier by the C-17 Globemaster.
Hon’ble RM thereafter visited the Air to Ground weapons range at Dullong Mukh, where a well planned and coordinated strike package of Su-30 aircraft orchestrated precise and concentrated delivery of Laser Guided 1000 Lbs, conventional 1000 Lbs and 100 Kg bombs. Mi-17 V5 Helicopters also demonstrated their strike capability in the armed role wherein they delivered 80mm rockets on a simulated target.
After witnessing the mesmerizing ALG and strike operations, she witnessed accelerated fighter operations at Chabua, interacted with the air warriors and was also briefed on employment of Air Power in the defence of Eastern Sector.
To gauge the operational capability and preparedness of the IAF, the Hon’ble RM has been visiting various Air Force establishments. Recently, she had flown a Su-30 MKI aircraft at Jodhpur, to gain first hand experience of the operational capability of this versatile fighter platform. These visits by the Hon’ble Raksha Mantri would go a long way in enhancing the motivation of the air warriors and bolstering their commitment towards security of the Nation.
Exercise Gaganshakti-2018, is a large scale IAF exercise which is currently in its second phase. The assets have now been deployed along the northern region and operations are taking place in full swing. These operations, under the umbrella of net centricity, supported by combat enablers like AWACS, FRA and ISR assets, will give the operators a near real time experience of conducting sustained and challenging operations in a simulated short and intense war scenario.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Strengthening infrastructure of Public Health System
Health & Hospitals, being a State subject, primary responsibility to strengthen public health infrastructure, lies with the respective State Government. The Central Government, however, provides technical and financial support to States under National Health Mission  for improving health care systems, based on their proposals subject to availability of resources.
Under the Ayushman Bharat initiative, the Government is committed to setting up of 1.5 lakhs Health & Wellness Centers , across the country by December, 2022. Sufficient resources have been provided to the States for the creation of the same and as many as 57,017 HWCs have become functional so far, taking primary healthcare services to the community.
The PM Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana has been announced for developing capacities of primary, secondary and tertiary care health systems, strengthen existing national institutions, and create new institutions, to cater to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases. This will be in addition to the National Health Mission. The main interventions under the scheme are:
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- Support for 17,788 rural and 11,024 urban Health and Wellness Centres;
- Setting up integrated public health labs in all districts and 3382 block public health units in 11 States;
- Establishing critical care hospital blocks in 602 districts and 12 central institutions;
- Strengthening of the National Centre for Disease Control , its 5 regional branches and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units;
- Expansion of the Integrated Health Information Portal to all States/UTs to connect all public health labs;
- Operationalisation of 17 new Public Health Units and strengthening of 33 existing Public Health Units at Points of Entry, that is at 32 Airports, 11 Seaports and 7 land crossings;
- Setting up of 15 Health Emergency Operation Centres and 2 mobile hospitals; and
- Setting up of a national institution for One Health, a Regional Research Platform for WHO South East Asia Region, 9 Bio-Safety Level III laboratories and 4 regional National Institutes for Virology.
20% of funds under the NHM are placed in an incentive pool. Incentives are provided to States on achievement of priority indicators including on increase in States’ budgetary expenditure on health.
The Minister of State , Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh Inaugurates Webinar on Atal Tunnel; Says spirit of national pride is of paramount importance for building such great structures
Border Roads Organisation organized a Webinar on Atal Tunnel on 11 January, to disseminate the experiences gained on this tunnel, for the benefit of IITs, NITs and other technical institutions.
Inaugurating the day long Webinar, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh appreciated BRO engineers for building this engineering marvel despite many technical challenges amid COVID-19 restrictions. He cited the example of Seri Nalla, a fault Zone, which posed a serious challenge to even engineers from foreign countries. “But our engineers succeeded in overcoming the Seri Nalla challenge,” Raksha Mantri said, adding that for building such a great structure like Atal Tunnel not just bricks and mortar but the spirit of the national pride is of paramount importance. Raksha Mantri recalled various past achievements of Indian scientists and engineers and said they have always shown their prowess in various streams.
Referring to the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, Shri Rajnath Singh said, to overcome the COVID-19 challenges, “we were able to quickly mobilize our resources to produce PPE kits, masks, sanitizers etc. not only for our domestic requirements but also for supplying to other countries”. He said government has given high priority to the development of border areas and BRO deployed 67% of its workforce in Northern borders. Lauding the BRO’s efforts and achievements during 2020, amidst COVID-19 restrictions, Raksha Mantri said there had been no cut in BRO budget.
Raksha Mantri also released a Compendium documents listing the experiences and challenges encountered during the construction of the largest tunnel  in the World above 3000 mt elevation.
Inaugurating the Atal Tunnel, Rohtang on 3 Oct 2020, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had suggested that such a compendium be brought out for the benefit of students and professionals of Engineering institutes.
This Webinar will enhance knowledge of all the faculty members and aspiring students, especially of final term students in tackling future challenges in tunnel construction. More than 1,000 people have participated in the Webinar.
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Army Chief General MM Naravane, Defence Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar and DG BRO Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry also attended the inaugural session .
Ministry of Home Affairs
MHA approves Rs.194.44 crore Safe City Project for Lucknow
The Ministry of Home Affairs  has approved a Safe City project for Lucknow at a total cost of Rs.194.44 crore under the Nirbhaya Fund Scheme. The project would be implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with Centre and State sharing the funding in 60:40 ratio.
This approval is a part of MHA’s plans to implement Safe City projects in 8 selected cities, namely, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow under Nirbhaya Fund with the purpose of strengthening safety and security of women in public places. The projects are being implemented in consultation with Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology, respective Municipal & Police Commissioners of the cities and civil society organizations.
The Safe city proposal for Lucknow will be implemented by Uttar Pradesh Police, assisted by the Municipal bodies and city transport authorities. The major components of the Safe City project in Lucknow include, inter-alia:
- Setting up an Integrated Smart Control Room;
- Setting up Pink Out-posts  for facilitating ease of filing complaint by women;
- Pink Patrols of Women police;
- Setting up Women Help Desks in all Police Stations with Counsellors;
- Augmentation of existing Asha Jyoti Kendra;
- Implementing Safety measures in buses, including Cameras;
- Improving Street Lighting in identified Hot Spot areas;
- Setting up Pink Toilets;
- Integration of Women power-help line with single Emergency number ‘112’.
The Safe City project for Lucknow also envisages gender sensitization awareness campaigns and capacity building in collaboration with community and civil society organizations.
Ministry of Finance
Exchange Rates of conversion of Foreign Currencies notified for Imported and Export Goods
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 , and in super-session of the notification of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs  No.24/2019-CUSTOMS , dated 20th March, 2019 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such super-session, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs  hereby determines that the Rate of Exchange of conversion of each of the Foreign Currencies specified in Column  of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 5th April, 2019, be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in Column  thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to Imported and Export Goods.
SCHEDULE-I
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Sl.No.
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Foreign Currency
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Rate of exchange of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
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1.
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Australian Dollar
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50.00
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47.75
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2.
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Bahraini Dinar
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188.00
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176.15
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3.
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Canadian Dollar
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52.35
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50.45
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4.
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Chinese Yuan
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10.40
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10.05
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5.
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Danish Kroner
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10.50
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10.15
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6.
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EURO
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78.55
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75.65
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Hong Kong Dollar
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8.90
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8.55
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8.
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Kuwaiti Dinar
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233.05
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217.35
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New Zealand Dollar
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47.85
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45.65
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10.
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Norwegian Kroner
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8.15
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7.85
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11.
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Pound Sterling
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92.00
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88.70
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12.
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Qatari Riyal
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19.45
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18.25
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13.
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Saudi Arabian Riyal
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18.90
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17.70
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14.
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Singapore Dollar
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51.60
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49.80
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15.
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South African Rand
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5. 00
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4.70
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16.
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Swedish Kroner
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7.55
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7.25
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17.
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Swiss Franc
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70.10
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67.40
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18.
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Turkish Lira
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12.55
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11.80
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19.
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UAE Dirham
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19.30
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18.10
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20.
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US Dollar
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69.45
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67.75
SCHEDULE-II
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Foreign Currency
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Rate of exchange of 100 units of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
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Japanese Yen
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62.75
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60.40
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2.
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Korean Won
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6.25
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5.85